diff --git a/cli/ubft/cmd/shard_conf_generate.go b/cli/ubft/cmd/shard_conf_generate.go
index 1b12af4f..f82ca9f8 100644
--- a/cli/ubft/cmd/shard_conf_generate.go
+++ b/cli/ubft/cmd/shard_conf_generate.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type (
 		EpochStart      uint64
 		T2Timeout       uint32
 		NodeInfoFiles   []string
+		PartitionParams map[string]string
 	}
 )
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func shardConfGenerateCmd(baseFlags *baseFlags) *cobra.Command {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&flags.NodeInfoFiles, "node-info", "n", []string{}, "path to node info files")
+	cmd.Flags().StringToStringVar(&flags.PartitionParams, "partition-params", nil, "partition parameters as key=value pairs")
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ func shardConfGenerate(flags *ShardConfGenerateFlags) error {
 		UnitIDLen:       256,
 		T2Timeout:       time.Duration(flags.T2Timeout) * time.Millisecond,
 		Validators:      nodes,
+		PartitionParams: flags.PartitionParams,
 	}
 
 	if err = shardConf.IsValid(); err != nil {
diff --git a/cli/ubft/cmd/shard_conf_generate_test.go b/cli/ubft/cmd/shard_conf_generate_test.go
index 7a6dd52d..993f433b 100644
--- a/cli/ubft/cmd/shard_conf_generate_test.go
+++ b/cli/ubft/cmd/shard_conf_generate_test.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	testobserve "github.com/unicitynetwork/bft-core/internal/testutils/observability"
 	"github.com/unicitynetwork/bft-go-base/types"
 	"github.com/unicitynetwork/bft-go-base/util"
+
+	testobserve "github.com/unicitynetwork/bft-core/internal/testutils/observability"
 )
 
 func TestShardConf_Generate(t *testing.T) {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ func TestShardConf_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 		"--partition-type-id", "1",
 		"--epoch", "8",
 		"--epoch-start", "100",
+		"--partition-params", "dFG=6",
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, cmd.Execute(context.Background()))
 
@@ -45,4 +47,6 @@ func TestShardConf_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, uint64(8), rec.Epoch)
 	require.Equal(t, uint64(100), rec.EpochStart)
 	require.Len(t, rec.Validators, 1)
+	require.Len(t, rec.PartitionParams, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "6", rec.PartitionParams["dFG"])
 }